U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said at a hearing Friday that there are no federal precedents that would allow the two reporters to avoid testifying, the Chronicle reported.

Williams said he expects to win on appeal.

"If the court decides that they want to send us to jail for this, that's what happens," said Fainaru-Wada. "There's no other option."*Chronicle fights to not reveal BALCO sources - By DAVID KRAVETS-Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for two San Francisco Chronicle reporters argued Friday that the First Amendment protects them from revealing their source for the secret testimony of Barry Bonds and other elite athletes ensnared in the government's steroids probe.